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{{short description|Danish politician (born 1955)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox MEP
| name = Ole Christensen
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]
| image = Christensen, Ole-2298.jpg
| office = [[Member of the European Parliament]]
| term_start = 2004
| term_end = 2019
| constituency = [[Denmark (European Parliament constituency)|Denmark]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|05|07|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Pandrup]], [[North Jutland County|North Jutland]], [[Denmark]]
| party = '''''{{flag|Denmark|name=Danish}}'''''<br>[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]]<br>'''''{{flag|EU}}'''''<br>[[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]]
| spouse = 
| children = 2
| website = 
}}

'''Ole Christensen''' (born 7 May 1955) is a [[Politics of Denmark|Danish politician]] who served as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) from 2004 until 2019. He is a member of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]], part of the [[Party of European Socialists]].

During his time in parliament, Christensen served on the [[European Parliament]]'s [[European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs|Committee on Employment and Social Affairs]]. He was also a substitute member of the [[European Parliament Committee on Fisheries]] and a member of the delegation to the [[ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly]].

==Career==

Christensen worked as an [[ironmonger]] from 1971 to 1976, before joining the Queen's Lifeguard Regiment as a Junior NCO (1976–90). During his service, he was a senior shop steward and member of the National Executive of the [[Army Privates' and Corporals' Association]], a trade union for non-commissioned army personnel.

He was Vice-Chairman of the Danish TUC in Brovst (1984–1988), and Chairman of Brovst constituency organisation (1984–1989). He then served as a member of [[Brovst]] town council (1989–2004), including terms of office as Mayor (1998–2002) and Deputy Mayor (2002–2004).

Having matriculated at the Aalborg School of Commerce in 1979, and graduated Bachelor of Commerce in 1984, he qualified and worked as an instructor at Aalborg Training School in 1990 before becoming a business consultant with [[Aalborg]] Trade Council (1992–98). He has been involved in various other trade union and local government organisations in [[North Jutland County|North Jutland]].

==External links==
* {{MEP}}
* {{Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term|28154_23-11-2005.PDF|da}}

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[[Category:1955 births]]
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[[Category:People from Jammerbugt Municipality]]
[[Category:Social Democrats (Denmark) MEPs]]
[[Category:MEPs for Denmark 2009–2014]]
[[Category:MEPs for Denmark 2004–2009]]
[[Category:MEPs for Denmark 2014–2019]]


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